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Recueil de cent estampes representant differentes nations du Levant, gravées sur les tableaux peints d'après nature en 1707 & 1708, par les ordres de M. de Ferriol, ambassadeur du roi a la porte, et mis au jour en 1712 & 1713 par les soins de M. Le Hay

by: Vanmour, Jean-Baptiste, 1671-1737, artist

Publication date: 1714

Topics: Costume -- Turkey -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800, Costume -- Middle East -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800, Turkey -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800, Middle East -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800

Publisher: A Paris : Chez Basan, graveur

Collection: getty; americana

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: French

[20] pages, [1], 100, [2] leaves of plates (3 double) : 52 cm (fol.)

Engraved throughout

Engraved handcolored title page

The 3 double plates at end depict a Turkish wedding, a Turkish funeral and dancing dervishes

The illustrations comprise 1 leaf of engraved music, 100 numbered engraved plates, 2 unnumbered engraved plates. The 2 unnumbered plates and plate no. 100 are printed on double-size leaves, folded at center. The plates have guard tissues. All plates save for the engraved music are hand colored

The engravers of the plates after Jean-Baptiste Vanmour's paintings are: Philippe Simonneau, Gérard Scotin the older and Gérard Scotin the younger, Claude Du Bosc, Jean-Baptise Haussard, Charles-Nicolas Cochin, Bernard Baron, Jacques de Franssières and Pierre de Rochefort

Addeddate: 2018-08-03 01:23:51

Associated-names: Ferriol, Charles, marquis d'Argental, comte de, 1637-1722; Le Hay, Jacques, approximately 1645-approximately 1721; Basan, François, 1723-1797, engraver, publisher; Simonneau, Philippe, 1685-approximately 1753, engraver; Scotin, G. (Gérard), 1643-1715, engraver; Scotin, Gérard Jean Baptiste, 1698-approximately 1755, engraver; Du Bosc, Claude, 1684-1745?, engraver; Haussard, J. (Jean Baptiste), 1679 or 1680-1749, engraver; Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1688-1754, engraver; Baron, Bernard, 1696-1762, engraver; Franssières, Jacques, active 16th century-17th century, engraver; Rochefort, Pierre de, approximately 1673-1728, engraver